{"id":15540,"date":"2021-08-31T18:07:40","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T23:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/?page_id=15540"},"modified":"2021-09-23T18:40:31","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T22:40:31","slug":"sherry-l-rupert","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/sherry-l-rupert\/","title":{"rendered":"Sherry L. Rupert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-15542 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Sherry_PortraitFINAL-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"343\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Sherry_PortraitFINAL-scaled.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Sherry_PortraitFINAL-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 343px) 100vw, 343px\" \/>AIANTA CEO Sherry L. Rupert (Paiute\/Washoe) has nearly two decades of executive-level experience managing and promoting Native American tourism. Since joining AIANTA as CEO in 2019, she has spearheaded several initiatives, including the organization\u2019s groundbreaking new Tribal Agritourism program and overseeing AIANTA\u2019s first-ever virtual American Indian Tourism Conference, which drew a record number of registrants in 2020. As CEO of the only national association dedicated to indigenous tourism, she is the leading voice when it comes to advocating for travel and tourism as a significant economic driver in tribal nations. Among her responsibilities, she curates a robust educational program for tribes and indigenous-owned hospitality enterprises around the country. Prior to assuming the role of CEO, she was President of AIANTA\u2019s Board of Directors since 2010. During that time, she was instrumental in working with Congress to pass the Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience (NATIVE) Act. Rupert was formerly the Executive Director of the State of Nevada Indian Commission, where she reported directly to the Governor of Nevada to serve as a liaison to the state\u2019s 27 tribes, bands and colonies. During her tenure, she developed the Nevada Indian Territory initiative and won awards and accolades for her work in preserving the site of the Stewart Indian School as a museum and cultural center.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-15494 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/email.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"21\" height=\"21\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/email.jpg 96w, https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/email-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 21px) 100vw, 21px\" \/>SRupert@aianta.org<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aianta.org\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-15495 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/website.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/website.jpg 96w, https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/website-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 30px) 100vw, 30px\" \/>www.aianta.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aianta.org\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-15541 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/AIANTA_horizontal_main.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/AIANTA_horizontal_main.png 1725w, https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/AIANTA_horizontal_main-300x81.png 300w, https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/AIANTA_horizontal_main-1024x278.png 1024w, https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/AIANTA_horizontal_main-768x208.png 768w, https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/AIANTA_horizontal_main-1536x417.png 1536w, https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/AIANTA_horizontal_main-640x174.png 640w, https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/AIANTA_horizontal_main-150x41.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 409px) 100vw, 409px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AIANTA CEO Sherry L. Rupert (Paiute\/Washoe) has nearly two decades of executive-level experience managing and promoting Native American tourism. Since joining AIANTA as CEO in 2019, she has spearheaded several initiatives, including the organization\u2019s groundbreaking new Tribal Agritourism program and overseeing AIANTA\u2019s first-ever virtual American&hellip; <\/p>\n<div class=\"button right\"><a class=\"button more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/sherry-l-rupert\/\">more &raquo;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":952,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15540"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/952"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15540"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15747,"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15540\/revisions\/15747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}